EP2696708B2 - Conveying rod-like articles in the tobacco-processing industry - Google Patents

Conveying rod-like articles in the tobacco-processing industry Download PDF

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EP2696708B2
EP2696708B2 EP12715582.8A EP12715582A EP2696708B2 EP 2696708 B2 EP2696708 B2 EP 2696708B2 EP 12715582 A EP12715582 A EP 12715582A EP 2696708 B2 EP2696708 B2 EP 2696708B2
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Peter Kalus
Franz Rottmann
Siegfried Schlisio
Manfred Folger
Dieter Plähn
Michael Kleine Wächter
Karl-Heinz Pawelko
Reinhard Stüber
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/84—Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/846—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/848—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being suction or magnetic means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/327—Construction details of the cigarette transport drum
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/47—Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces
    • A24C5/478—Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling

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  • the invention relates to a method for conveying rod-shaped articles, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, the rod-shaped articles being conveyed transversely axially in receiving troughs of conveyor drums while the conveyor drums rotate.
  • the invention also relates to an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles, in particular filter cigarettes or their components, with a plurality of conveyor drums, each rotating or rotatable about its own axis of rotation, for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry.
  • the invention also relates to a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine, for producing rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes.
  • Conveyor drums are used in machines in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter attachment machines, in order to transport cigarettes, filter pieces or their components.
  • the term “components” of the cigarettes and filter rods also includes sections of paper and the like made of flat and/or web-like material, e.g. sections and/or webs of cigarette paper, filter paper or tipping paper for connecting tobacco pieces with filter plugs.
  • conveying drums the outer surface of which is designed for conveying rod-shaped objects as rod-shaped components (cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs, filter cigarettes) with troughs for Recording the objects are provided.
  • conveying drums are provided, the lateral surfaces of which are essentially smooth.
  • these objects of the tobacco processing industry are held on the conveyor drums by suction air, which rests against corresponding channels, usually bores. These channels are generally arranged in rows, the lengths of which correspond to the dimensions, transverse to the transport direction, of the objects to be transported.
  • rod-shaped articles such as tobacco rods or filter plugs or filter rods
  • the receiving troughs are arranged at predetermined pitches on the peripheral surface of the conveyor drum.
  • the pitch spacing is understood as meaning the transverse axial spacing of the receiving troughs.
  • the distance is measured from the trough center of the receiving trough to the subsequent trough center of the adjacent receiving trough of the trough conveyor transporting the rod-shaped smoking articles (groups) on the surface or from trough base to trough base in the case of a prism-shaped receiving trough, for example.
  • the pitch in a drum conveyor also referred to as a conveyor drum, is the transverse axial distance or the length of the (circular) arc between (adjacent) trough centers on the circular line on which the trough centers or trough center axes of the troughs are arranged.
  • EP 1 466 535 A1 a method for combining smoking article components or a machine in the tobacco processing industry, with a covering device and a common rolling device being provided for the articles in a first and a second group.
  • the groups of smoking articles are arranged on pivotable arms, with a group of smoking article groups being provided with a connecting leaflet on a first covering device.
  • the object of the present invention is to enable rod-shaped articles to be conveyed on a machine in the tobacco processing industry, for example a filter attachment machine, in a simple manner for a quick diameter format change, with the design effort being to be kept as low as possible .
  • the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely axially in receiving troughs of conveyor drums while the conveyor drums rotate, with the conveyor drums rotating or rotatable about their own axis of rotation in transverse axial conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles are arranged one behind the other, wherein the rod-shaped articles arranged in at least one row transversely axially one behind the other are transferred from a conveyor drum to a subsequent conveyor drum, it being further provided that when the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed change from rod-shaped articles of a first type of a predetermined diameter to rod-shaped articles of a second kind having a predetermined diameter, the diameter of the articles of the first kind and the diameter of the articles of the second kind t differ from each other, the pitch of the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum is changed depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in such a way that the
  • the conveying drums are adjusted in such a way that, regardless of the diameter of the rod-shaped articles being conveyed or to be conveyed, the central longitudinal axes of the conveyed rod-shaped articles are always conveyed on the same circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the articles, with the radius of the circular arc for the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed being kept constant on the respective conveyor drum.
  • the pitches of the receiving troughs on at least one conveyor drum are changed and adjusted for the promotion of articles of the second type.
  • rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry are understood to mean rod-shaped objects such as cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs or their (rod-shaped) components.
  • rod-shaped article of a first type is understood to mean a specific type of rod-shaped article to be conveyed in the tobacco processing industry, which has a predetermined diameter and is conveyed transversely axially on a filter attachment machine, for example.
  • rod-shaped articles of a second type is understood to mean a certain type of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in the tobacco processing industry, which have a predetermined diameter and are conveyed, e.g. cross-axially on a filter attachment machine and differ in diameter from the rod-shaped articles of the first type .
  • One advantage is that several rod-shaped articles of different diameters are conveyed and produced on a filter tipping machine without replacing all the conveyor drums, which means that conversion measures when changing from a first type of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed to a second type of rod-shaped articles are significantly reduced, since a complex change of all conveyor organs is avoided or not carried out.
  • the pitch of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed or adjusted.
  • the method thus achieves that, for example, two different cigarette formats are processed or produced one after the other on a filter attachment machine.
  • At least one contact surface of a receiving trough is understood to be a surface of a receiving trough on which the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed (of the first type and of the second type) rest when being conveyed on the conveyor drum, whereby the contact surface is in touching contact with the rod-shaped articles received.
  • the distance between the respective contact surface of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum and the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums when receiving rod-shaped articles of the first type differs from the distance between the same contact surfaces of the same receiving trough on the conveyor drum and the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums when receiving articles of the second type
  • the non-exchangeable receiving troughs of the conveyor drum for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the first type and for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the second type are retained, so that the receiving troughs are non-exchangeable, unmodified receiving troughs, whereby the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the rod-shaped articles of the second type are conveyed in or on the same receiving troughs of the conveyor drum with and in contact with the same contact surfaces retained.
  • the spacing between the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum is adjusted by varying the shape of the receiving troughs and/or is changed by varying the position of the receiving troughs on the outside of the conveyor drum, whereby the arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed have a constant, predetermined radius, regardless of their diameter. This results in different geometries or positions relative to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum of the receiving troughs for different articles with different diameters.
  • a further development of the method is characterized in that with two conveyor drums that are adjacent in the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the transfer area of the rod-shaped articles from one conveyor drum to the following conveyor drum, the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles that are on the Article-releasing conveyor drum are promoted, and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles that are promoted on the article-receiving conveyor drum touch.
  • the shape and/or the position of the receiving troughs of both conveyor drums is adjusted in such a way that in the transfer area of the rod-shaped Article from one conveyor drum, which delivers the rod-shaped articles in the transfer area, to the subsequent conveyor drum of the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type, which are conveyed on the article-releasing conveyor drum, and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type, which are promoted on the article-receiving conveyor drum, touch and after changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed with a different diameter for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the second type, the shape and/or the position of the receiving troughs of both conveyor drums are set in such a way that in the transfer area of the rod-shaped articles from one conveyor drum to the following
  • the arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type corresponds to the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type when rod-shaped articles of the second type are received in the receiving troughs of the at least a conveyor drum.
  • the positions of the axes of rotation of the conveyor drums remain unchanged when conveying the first-type rod-shaped articles and when conveying the second-kind rod-shaped articles.
  • the relative arrangement of the conveyor drums is thereby maintained.
  • the shape of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed by varying the distance formed in the transverse axial direction between at least two opposing contact surfaces of the receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles to be received.
  • the cross-sectional shape of the receiving troughs is varied, thereby changing the pitch of adjacent receiving troughs.
  • one embodiment of the method provides that the position of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed by shifting the receiving troughs in the radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums. By varying the position in the radial direction, the spacing between the centers of the troughs or trough geometries of two adjacent receiving troughs of a conveyor drum is changed.
  • the conveying drums provided for conveying the rod-shaped articles are preferably retained.
  • the conveyor drums in transverse axial conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles are arranged one behind the other, wherein the conveyor drums for receiving rod-shaped articles are each designed with receiving troughs with a trough contour, it being further provided that for changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed from rod-shaped articles of a first type with a predetermined diameter to rod-shaped articles of a second type having a predetermined diameter, the diameter of the articles of the first type and the diameter of the articles of the second type being different from each other, the pitch un gs distance of the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum can be changed depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed, so that the distance of at least one contact surface
  • receiving troughs of a conveyor drum have a trough central longitudinal axis in the case of part-circular and U-shaped troughs, so that, according to the invention, the circular arc of the trough center axes of the receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the circular arc of the trough central axes of the receiving troughs for the articles of the second type are different.
  • the conveyor arrangement or conveyor device according to the invention for conveying the rod-shaped articles has a plurality of conveyor drums arranged one behind the other, so that the rod-shaped articles arranged one behind the other transversely axially in one or more rows are conveyed transversely axially.
  • the arrangement is part of a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine.
  • a development of the arrangement provides that the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum each have at least one movable trough contact surface for receiving rod-shaped articles, so that the movement of the at least one trough contact surface changes the pitch of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum by varying the shape of the Recording troughs and / or is changed by varying the position of the receiving troughs on the outside of the conveyor drum.
  • the arrangement has a conveyor drum for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles, the conveyor drum having a drum body.
  • the drum body is designed with receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the drum body.
  • At least one receiving trough is formed using at least two support pins or pins arranged parallel next to one another, the support pins being mounted or arranged on the drum body in an eccentrically pivotable manner.
  • Appropriate adjustment means ensure that the support pins are pivoted eccentrically, in particular at the same time, in order to vary the spacing between the receiving troughs formed by two support pins or to adjust it depending on the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed.
  • two support pins are arranged parallel next to one another, the support pins being spaced apart in order to receive a rod-shaped article in the space between the support pins designed as a receiving trough.
  • the cross-axially spaced support pins make it possible to form a receiving trough in the space between the two support pins, in which the rod-shaped articles are received.
  • the rod-shaped article or articles accommodated in the space between two support pins can be subjected to negative pressure.
  • a conveyor drum which has a drum body, the drum body being designed with receiving depressions for the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the drum body.
  • the receiving troughs have a constant, i.e. unchangeable, trough contour.
  • the receiving troughs are formed on base bodies.
  • the base bodies are displaceable in the radial direction relative to the drum body of the conveyor drum, the spacing between the receiving troughs of two adjacent receiving troughs being changed using appropriate adjustment means due to the simultaneous movement of the receiving troughs in the radial direction. In this case, the pitch is adjusted accordingly by a lifting movement of the base body in the radial direction.
  • the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum are designed to be movable in the radial direction and/or at least one trough contact surface.
  • At least one receiving trough of the at least one conveyor drum has at least one pin body or two spaced-apart pin bodies, in particular at least one pin body or both pin bodies being mounted eccentrically as support pins and being rotatable.
  • the object is achieved by a method for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, in accordance with claim 1.
  • the invention is based on the idea that rapid adaptation to the diameter of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed is achieved if a conveyor drum with movable, in particular pivotable, arms arranged on a drum body is used, with the pivoting of the arms using a cam disc provided pivot link for the arms is achieved, whereby the arms are aligned in the first transfer area by rotating the pivot link or by a corresponding adjustment of the pivot link depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in order to achieve a gentle transfer between the first and the second conveyor drum .
  • the rod-shaped articles arranged on the pivotable arms are then pivoted according to the shape of the elliptical pivot link, with the arms being pivoted in the second transfer area between the second conveyor drum and the third conveyor drum at the time of transfer in such a way that gentle transfer is achieved in the second transfer area.
  • the arms or the receiving recesses of the arms perform an elliptical and self-contained pivoting movement during a complete rotation of the conveyor drum.
  • the receiving troughs of the arms lie on an elliptical path of movement.
  • the swivel link is adjusted in its relative alignment or position to the arms to be moved when changing the format, for example from rod-shaped articles with a diameter of 8 mm to rod-shaped articles with a diameter of 5 mm, so that the elliptical trajectory of the trough center axes of the arms is shifted by a predetermined angle while maintaining the shape of the elliptical trajectory.
  • one embodiment of the method also provides for the articles to be conveyed on a first conveyor drum in the receiving troughs at a constant pitch transversely axially to the first transfer area, so that the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles extend along a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius of the first conveyor drum, and/or that the rod-shaped articles are conveyed further transversely axially on the third conveyor drum in the receiving troughs with a constant spacing, so that the center longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles follow a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius on the third Conveyor drum are promoted.
  • the second conveyor drum with the pivotable arms is arranged between the first and the third conveyor drum, both of which have immovable receiving troughs, each with a constant trough diameter or a constant trough contour.
  • the receiving troughs of the second conveyor drum in the first transfer area and in the second transfer area execute a section of an elliptical path of movement.
  • the conveying drums provided for conveying the rod-shaped articles are preferably retained.
  • the object is achieved by an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, in accordance with claim 6.
  • the receiving troughs execute an elliptical, in particular an elliptical, movement path during one revolution due to the pivot link.
  • the conveyor arrangement according to the invention comprises a plurality of conveyor drums, with at least one conveyor drum, which is arranged between a first and a third conveyor drum, having small, pivotable arms.
  • the conveyor arrangement according to the invention is preferably part of a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine. Thanks to the pivot link, which can be adjusted in its alignment, a safe transfer between two conveyor drums is achieved if the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed changes during a production change.
  • the conveyor drum is designed in such a way that, for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles of a first type, the rod-shaped articles arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum move with their central longitudinal axes on a first elliptical arc path between a first transfer area for receiving rod-shaped articles and a second transfer area for delivering rod-shaped articles Articles can be conveyed and after a change for the promotion of rod-shaped articles of a second type with a diameter that differs from the diameter of the articles of the first type, the rod-shaped articles of the second type arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum with their central longitudinal axes on a second elliptical arc path can be conveyed between the first transfer area and the second transfer area, the position of the pivot link on the conveying drum, which interacts with the arms, being changed for changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed becomes or is.
  • a pivot link is used for the arms of the conveyor drum that are to be pivoted, which has an unchangeable, i.e. constant, shape, so that the shape of the elliptical movement path is not changed during a complete revolution of the conveyor drum. Rather, when the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed changes, the relative position of the pivot link to the arms or to their pivot axes is adjusted or changed, so that changing the position of the pivot link results in a different elliptical arc path between the transfer areas on the (second) conveyor drum for the rod-shaped articles of the first type to be conveyed and for the rod-shaped articles of the second type.
  • the object is also achieved by a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine, for producing rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes, with an arrangement described above for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry. To avoid repetition, reference is expressly made to the above statements.
  • a filter tipping machine F is shown in a partial front view, the filter tipping machine F receiving tobacco rods of twice the usable length via a drum arrangement T for feeding tobacco rods from a schematically drawn cigarette rod maker P.
  • a cigarette rod machine is known under the designation "PRO-TOS” from HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg.
  • a filter attachment machine from HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg is known under the designation "MAX” as a machine in the tobacco processing industry.
  • the filter tipping machine F shown schematically has various functional units: a tobacco rod feed device 211 with a drum arrangement T, a filter feed device 212 with a drum arrangement M, a tipping paper feed device 213, a cigarette manufacturing device 214.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren stabförmige Komponenten, wobei die stabförmigen Artikel in Aufnahmemulden von Fördertrommeln unter Rotation der Fördertrommeln queraxial gefördert werden.The invention relates to a method for conveying rod-shaped articles, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, the rod-shaped articles being conveyed transversely axially in receiving troughs of conveyor drums while the conveyor drums rotate.

Ferner betrifft die Erfindung eine Anordnung zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren Komponenten, mit mehreren, um jeweils eine eigene Rotationsachse rotierenden oder rotierbaren Fördertrommeln zur queraxialen Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie.The invention also relates to an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles, in particular filter cigarettes or their components, with a plurality of conveyor drums, each rotating or rotatable about its own axis of rotation, for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry.

Außerdem betrifft die Erfindung eine Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filteransetzmaschine, zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten.The invention also relates to a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine, for producing rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes.

In Maschinen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filteransetzmaschinen, werden Fördertrommeln eingesetzt, um Zigaretten, Filterstücke oder deren Komponenten zu transportieren. Unter dem Begriff "Komponenten" von den Zigaretten und Filterstäben werden im Sinne der Erfindung auch Abschnitte von Papier und dergleichen aus flächigem und/oder bahnförmigem Material verstanden, z.B. Abschnitte und/oder Bahnen von Zigarettenpapier, Filterpapier oder Belagpapier zum Verbinden von Tabakstücken mit Filterstopfen.Conveyor drums are used in machines in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter attachment machines, in order to transport cigarettes, filter pieces or their components. The term “components” of the cigarettes and filter rods also includes sections of paper and the like made of flat and/or web-like material, e.g. sections and/or webs of cigarette paper, filter paper or tipping paper for connecting tobacco pieces with filter plugs.

Das Fördern der vorgenannten Gegenstände während der Herstellung von Zigaretten, Filtern sowie Filterzigaretten wird bei modernen Produktionsmaschinen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie im Allgemeinen mittels Fördertrommeln durchgeführt, deren Mantelfläche zum Fördern von stabförmigen Gegenständen als stabförmige Komponenten (Zigaretten, Filterstäben oder Filterstopfen, Filterzigaretten) mit Mulden zum Aufnehmen der Gegenstände versehen sind. Zum Fördern von blattförmigen und/oder bahnförmigen Gegenständen (Belagpapierabschnitte und/oder -bahnen) sind Fördertrommeln vorgesehen, deren Mantelflächen im Wesentlichen glatt ist.The conveying of the aforementioned objects during the manufacture of cigarettes, filters and filter cigarettes is generally carried out in modern production machines in the tobacco processing industry by means of conveying drums, the outer surface of which is designed for conveying rod-shaped objects as rod-shaped components (cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs, filter cigarettes) with troughs for Recording the objects are provided. For conveying sheet-like and/or web-like objects (covering paper sections and/or webs), conveyor drums are provided, the lateral surfaces of which are essentially smooth.

Während der Förderung werden diese Gegenstände der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie von Saugluft auf den Fördertrommeln gehalten, die an entsprechenden Kanälen, meist Bohrungen, anliegt. Diese Kanäle sind im Allgemeinen in Reihen angeordnet, deren Längen den Abmessungen der zu transportierenden Gegenstände quer zur Transportrichtung entsprechen.During the promotion, these objects of the tobacco processing industry are held on the conveyor drums by suction air, which rests against corresponding channels, usually bores. These channels are generally arranged in rows, the lengths of which correspond to the dimensions, transverse to the transport direction, of the objects to be transported.

In Filteransetzmaschinen werden auf den Fördertrommeln stabförmige Artikel, wie z.B. Tabakstöcke oder Filterstopfen bzw. Filterstäbe, queraxial in Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel gefördert. Hierbei sind die Aufnahmemulden in vorbestimmten Teilungsabständen auf der Umfangsfläche der Fördertrommel angeordnet.In filter tipping machines, rod-shaped articles, such as tobacco rods or filter plugs or filter rods, are conveyed transversely axially into receiving troughs of the conveyor drum. Here, the receiving troughs are arranged at predetermined pitches on the peripheral surface of the conveyor drum.

Unter Teilungsabstand wird der queraxiale Abstand der Aufnahmemulden verstanden. Der Abstand wird dabei vom Muldenmittelpunkt der Aufnahmemulde zum darauffolgenden Muldenmittelpunkt der benachbarten Aufnahmemulde des auf der Oberfläche die stabförmigen Rauchartikel(gruppen) transportierenden Muldenförderers oder von Muldengrund zu Muldengrund bei z.B. einer prismenförmigen Aufnahmemulde gemessen. Der Teilungsabstand bei einem Trommelförderer, auch als Fördertrommel bezeichnet, ist der queraxiale Abstand bzw. die Länge des (Kreis-)Bogens zwischen (benachbarten) Muldenmittelpunkten auf der Kreislinie, auf der die Muldenmittelpunkte bzw. Muldenmittelpunktsachsen der Mulden angeordnet sind.The pitch spacing is understood as meaning the transverse axial spacing of the receiving troughs. The distance is measured from the trough center of the receiving trough to the subsequent trough center of the adjacent receiving trough of the trough conveyor transporting the rod-shaped smoking articles (groups) on the surface or from trough base to trough base in the case of a prism-shaped receiving trough, for example. The pitch in a drum conveyor, also referred to as a conveyor drum, is the transverse axial distance or the length of the (circular) arc between (adjacent) trough centers on the circular line on which the trough centers or trough center axes of the troughs are arranged.

Ferner offenbart EP 1 466 535 A1 ein Verfahren zum Vereinigen von Rauchartikelkomponenten bzw. eine Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, wobei für die Artikel einer ersten und einer zweiten Gruppe jeweils eine Belageinrichtung und eine gemeinsame Rolleinrichtung vorgesehen sind. Hierbei werden die Rauchartikelgruppen auf verschwenkbaren Ärmchen angeordnet, wobei an einer ersten Belageinrichtung eine Gruppe der Rauchartikelgruppen mit einem Verbindungsblättchen versehen wird.Further revealed EP 1 466 535 A1 a method for combining smoking article components or a machine in the tobacco processing industry, with a covering device and a common rolling device being provided for the articles in a first and a second group. Here, the groups of smoking articles are arranged on pivotable arms, with a group of smoking article groups being provided with a connecting leaflet on a first covering device.

Ausgehend von diesem Stand der Technik besteht die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung darin, die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln an einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, beispielsweise einer Filteransetzmaschine, für einen schnellen Durchmesserformatwechsel auf einfache Weise zu ermöglichen, wobei der konstruktive Aufwand möglichst gering gehalten werden soll. Bei einem Verfahren zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren stabförmige Komponenten ist vorgesehen, dass die stabförmigen Artikel in Aufnahmemulden von Fördertrommeln unter Rotation der Fördertrommeln queraxial gefördert werden, wobei die um jeweils eine eigene Rotationsachse rotierenden oder rotierbaren Fördertrommeln in queraxialer Förderrichtung der stabförmigen Artikel hintereinander angeordnet sind, wobei die in wenigstens einer Reihe queraxial hintereinander angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel von einer Fördertrommel an eine nachfolgende Fördertrommel übergeben werden, wobei weiter vorgesehen ist, dass bei einem Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art mit einem vorbestimmten Durchmesser zu stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art mit einem vorbestimmten Durchmesser, wobei der Durchmesser der Artikel der ersten Art und der Durchmesser der Artikel der zweiten Art sich voneinander unterscheiden, der Teilungsabstand der Aufnahmemulden wenigstens einer Fördertrommel in Abhängigkeit der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln derart geändert wird, dass der Abstand mindestens einer Anlagefläche der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln für die stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und der Abstand derselben Anlagefläche derselben Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln für die Artikel der zweiten Art unterschiedlich sind.Proceeding from this state of the art, the object of the present invention is to enable rod-shaped articles to be conveyed on a machine in the tobacco processing industry, for example a filter attachment machine, in a simple manner for a quick diameter format change, with the design effort being to be kept as low as possible . In a method for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, it is provided that the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely axially in receiving troughs of conveyor drums while the conveyor drums rotate, with the conveyor drums rotating or rotatable about their own axis of rotation in transverse axial conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles are arranged one behind the other, wherein the rod-shaped articles arranged in at least one row transversely axially one behind the other are transferred from a conveyor drum to a subsequent conveyor drum, it being further provided that when the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed change from rod-shaped articles of a first type of a predetermined diameter to rod-shaped articles of a second kind having a predetermined diameter, the diameter of the articles of the first kind and the diameter of the articles of the second kind t differ from each other, the pitch of the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum is changed depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in such a way that the distance of at least one contact surface of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum from the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums for the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the distance from the same contact surface of the same Recording troughs of the conveyor drum to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums for the articles of the second type are different.

Hierbei ist vorgesehen, dass bei einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, bei der die stabförmigen Artikel unter Verwendung von Fördertrommeln queraxial gefördert werden, ohne Austausch von Fördertrommeln und ohne Änderung der Position der Trommeln an der Filteransetzmaschine die Fördertrommeln derart eingestellt werden, dass unabhängig vom Durchmesser der geförderten oder zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel die Mittenlängsachsen der geförderten stabförmigen Artikel stets auf demselben Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der Artikel gefördert werden, wobei der Radius des Kreisbogens für die Mittenlängsachsen der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel an der jeweiligen Fördertrommel konstant gehalten wird oder ist.Here it is provided that in a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in which the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transversely using conveying drums, without exchanging conveying drums and without changing the position of the drums on the filter attachment machine, the conveying drums are adjusted in such a way that, regardless of the diameter of the rod-shaped articles being conveyed or to be conveyed, the central longitudinal axes of the conveyed rod-shaped articles are always conveyed on the same circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the articles, with the radius of the circular arc for the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed being kept constant on the respective conveyor drum.

Durch die Änderung des Teilungsabstands der Muldenmittenachsen der Aufnahmemulden, der in Abhängigkeit des Durchmessers der zu fördernden oder geförderten stabförmigen Artikel bei einem Produkt- oder einem Formatwechsel verändert wird, wird erreicht, dass die Kreisbögen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art denselben, annähernd konstanten Radius aufweisen. Dadurch wird ein schneller Produktwechsel sowie Formatwechsel an beispielsweise einer Filteransetzmaschine ermöglicht, da zum Beispiel bei einem schnellen Wechsel der Herstellung von Filterzigaretten mit einem Durchmesser von beispielsweise 8 mm (als stabförmige Artikel einer ersten Art) zu herzustellenden Filterzigaretten mit einem Durchmesser von 5 mm (als Artikel einer zweiten Art) durch die Anpassung des Teilungsabstandes der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel(n) die stabförmigen Artikel ohne starke mechanische Beeinträchtigung von Fördertrommel zu Fördertrommel nach einem Formatwechsel gefördert werden. Hierbei wird die mechanische Belastung der empfindlichen geförderten Artikel im Übergabebereich oder im Übergabepunkt zwischen zwei Fördertrommeln herabgesetzt oder minimiert, wodurch die zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel schonend von Fördertrommeln zur nachfolgenden Fördertrommel übergeben werden.By changing the pitch of the trough center axes of the receiving troughs, which is changed depending on the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed or being conveyed during a product or format change, it is achieved that the circular arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the central longitudinal axes of the Rod-shaped articles of the second type have the same, approximately constant radius. This enables a quick product change and format change on a filter attachment machine, for example, since, for example, with a quick change in the production of filter cigarettes with a diameter of, for example, 8 mm (as a rod-shaped article of a first type), filter cigarettes to be produced with a diameter of 5 mm (as a Article of a second type) by adjusting the pitch of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum (s), the rod-shaped articles are promoted without strong mechanical impairment from conveyor drum to conveyor drum after a format change. Here, the mechanical stress on the sensitive conveyed articles in the transfer area or in the transfer point between two conveyor drums is reduced or minimized, whereby the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed are gently transferred from conveyor drums to the following conveyor drum.

Nach Beendigung des Herstellungsprozesses mit stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art werden für die Förderung der Artikel der zweiten Art die Teilungsabstände der Aufnahmemulden an wenigstens einer Fördertrommel verändert sowie angepasst.After completion of the manufacturing process with rod-shaped articles of a first type, the pitches of the receiving troughs on at least one conveyor drum are changed and adjusted for the promotion of articles of the second type.

Unter stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie im Rahmen der Erfindung werden stabförmige Gegenstände wie z.B. Zigaretten, Filterstäbe oder Filterstopfen oder deren (stabförmige) Komponenten verstanden.Within the scope of the invention, rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry are understood to mean rod-shaped objects such as cigarettes, filter rods or filter plugs or their (rod-shaped) components.

Unter dem Begriff "stabförmige Artikel einer ersten Art" wird eine bestimmte Sorte an zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie verstanden, die einen vorbestimmten Durchmesser aufweisen und beispielsweise an einer Filteransetzmaschine queraxial gefördert werden. Unter dem Begriff "stabförmige Artikel einer zweiten Art" wird eine bestimmte Sorte an zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie verstanden, die einen vorbestimmten Durchmesser aufweisen und z.B. queraxial an einer Filteransetzmaschine gefördert werden und sich im Durchmesser von den stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art unterscheiden.The term “rod-shaped article of a first type” is understood to mean a specific type of rod-shaped article to be conveyed in the tobacco processing industry, which has a predetermined diameter and is conveyed transversely axially on a filter attachment machine, for example. The term "rod-shaped articles of a second type" is understood to mean a certain type of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in the tobacco processing industry, which have a predetermined diameter and are conveyed, e.g. cross-axially on a filter attachment machine and differ in diameter from the rod-shaped articles of the first type .

Bei einem Produktions- oder Formatwechsel an einer Filteransetzmaschine von zu fördernden oder geförderten stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art zu stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art bestehen daher Unterschiede im Durchmesser der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel.When there is a production or format change on a filter attachment machine from rod-shaped articles of a first type to be conveyed or being conveyed to rod-shaped articles of a second type, there are therefore differences in the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed.

Ein Vorteil besteht darin, dass mehrere stabförmige Artikel unterschiedlichen Durchmessers an einer Filteransetzmaschine ohne Austausch aller Fördertrommeln gefördert und produziert werden, wodurch Umbaumaßnahmen bei einem Wechsel von zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art zu stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art erheblich reduziert werden, da ein aufwändiger Wechsel aller Förderorgane vermieden bzw. nicht ausgeführt wird. Um eine Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln unterschiedlichen Durchmessers zu gewährleisten, wird der Teilungsabstand der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommeln verändert bzw. angepasst.One advantage is that several rod-shaped articles of different diameters are conveyed and produced on a filter tipping machine without replacing all the conveyor drums, which means that conversion measures when changing from a first type of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed to a second type of rod-shaped articles are significantly reduced, since a complex change of all conveyor organs is avoided or not carried out. In order to ensure that rod-shaped articles of different diameters are transported, the pitch of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed or adjusted.

Somit wird durch das Verfahren erreicht, dass beispielsweise an einer Filteransetzmaschine zwei unterschiedliche Zigarettenformate nacheinander verarbeitet oder hergestellt werden.The method thus achieves that, for example, two different cigarette formats are processed or produced one after the other on a filter attachment machine.

Als mindestens eine Anlagefläche einer Aufnahmemulde wird eine Fläche einer Aufnahmemulde verstanden, an der die zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel (der ersten Art und der zweiten Art) bei Förderung auf der Fördertrommel anliegen, wodurch die Anlagefläche jeweils in berührenden Kontakt mit den aufgenommenen stabförmigen Artikeln ist. Bei Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art unterscheidet sich der Abstand der jeweiligen Anlagefläche der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art vom Abstand derselben Anlageflächen derselben Aufnahmemulde der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln bei Aufnahme von Artikeln der zweiten Art. Dabei werden die nichttauschbaren Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel für die Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und für die Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art beibehalten, so dass es sich bei den Aufnahmemulden um nicht-austauschbare, nicht geänderte Aufnahmemulden handelt, wodurch die stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und die stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art in oder auf denselben Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel mit und im Kontakt mit denselben beibehaltenen Anlageflächen gefördert werden.At least one contact surface of a receiving trough is understood to be a surface of a receiving trough on which the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed (of the first type and of the second type) rest when being conveyed on the conveyor drum, whereby the contact surface is in touching contact with the rod-shaped articles received. When conveying rod-shaped articles of a first type, the distance between the respective contact surface of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum and the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums when receiving rod-shaped articles of the first type differs from the distance between the same contact surfaces of the same receiving trough on the conveyor drum and the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums when receiving articles of the second type The non-exchangeable receiving troughs of the conveyor drum for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the first type and for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the second type are retained, so that the receiving troughs are non-exchangeable, unmodified receiving troughs, whereby the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the rod-shaped articles of the second type are conveyed in or on the same receiving troughs of the conveyor drum with and in contact with the same contact surfaces retained.

Ferner ist in einer Ausgestaltung des Verfahrens vorgesehen, dass der Teilungsabstand der Aufnahmemulden wenigstens einer Fördertrommel, insbesondere der Teilungsabstand von benachbarten Aufnahmemulden, durch die Variation der Form der Aufnahmemulden und/oder durch die Variation der Position der Aufnahmemulden an der Außenseite der Fördertrommel geändert wird, wodurch die Kreisbögen der Mittenlängsachsen der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel, unabhängig von deren Durchmesser, einen konstanten vorbestimmten Radius aufweisen. Hierdurch ergeben sich für unterschiedliche Artikel mit verschiedenen Durchmessern jeweils verschiedene Geometrien oder Positionen zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommel der Aufnahmemulden.Furthermore, in one embodiment of the method it is provided that the spacing between the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum, in particular the spacing between adjacent receiving troughs, is adjusted by varying the shape of the receiving troughs and/or is changed by varying the position of the receiving troughs on the outside of the conveyor drum, whereby the arcs of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed have a constant, predetermined radius, regardless of their diameter. This results in different geometries or positions relative to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drum of the receiving troughs for different articles with different diameters.

Überdies zeichnet sich eine Weiterbildung des Verfahrens dadurch aus, dass bei zwei in Förderrichtung der stabförmigen Artikel benachbarten Fördertrommeln für die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln im Übergabebereich der stabförmigen Artikel von der einen Fördertrommel auf die nachfolgende Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel, die auf der Artikel abgebenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, und der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel, die auf der Artikel aufnehmenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, sich berühren.In addition, a further development of the method is characterized in that with two conveyor drums that are adjacent in the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the transfer area of the rod-shaped articles from one conveyor drum to the following conveyor drum, the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles that are on the Article-releasing conveyor drum are promoted, and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles that are promoted on the article-receiving conveyor drum touch.

Des Weiteren ist es in einer Ausgestaltung des Verfahrens vorgesehen, dass bei zwei in Förderrichtung der stabförmigen Artikel benachbarten Fördertrommeln für die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art die Form und/oder die Position der Aufnahmemulden beider Fördertrommeln derart eingestellt wird, dass im Übergabebereich der stabförmigen Artikel von der einen Fördertrommel, die im Übergabebereich die stabförmigen Artikel abgibt, auf die nachfolgende Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art, die auf der Artikel abgebenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, und der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art, die auf der Artikel aufnehmenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, sich berühren und nach einem Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel mit einem anderen Durchmesser für die Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art die Form und/oder die Position der Aufnahmemulden beider Fördertrommeln derart eingestellt sind, dass im Übergabebereich der stabförmigen Artikel von der einen Fördertrommel auf die nachfolgende Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art, die auf der Artikel abgebenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, und der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art, die auf der Artikel aufnehmenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, sich berühren.Furthermore, in one embodiment of the method, it is provided that with two conveyor drums that are adjacent in the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles of the first type, the shape and/or the position of the receiving troughs of both conveyor drums is adjusted in such a way that in the transfer area of the rod-shaped Article from one conveyor drum, which delivers the rod-shaped articles in the transfer area, to the subsequent conveyor drum of the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type, which are conveyed on the article-releasing conveyor drum, and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type, which are promoted on the article-receiving conveyor drum, touch and after changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed with a different diameter for the promotion of the rod-shaped articles of the second type, the shape and/or the position of the receiving troughs of both conveyor drums are set in such a way that in the transfer area of the rod-shaped articles from one conveyor drum to the following conveyor drum, the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type, which are conveyed on the conveyor drum delivering the article, and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type , which are conveyed on the article-receiving conveyor drum, touch.

Bevorzugterweise entspricht bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art in den Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art dem Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der zweiten Art in den Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel.Preferably, when rod-shaped articles of the first type are received in the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum, the arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type corresponds to the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type when rod-shaped articles of the second type are received in the receiving troughs of the at least a conveyor drum.

Außerdem ist es bevorzugt, dass die Positionen der Rotationsachsen der Fördertrommeln bei Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und bei Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art unverändert bleiben. Die relative Anordnung der Fördertrommeln wird dadurch beibehalten.In addition, it is preferable that the positions of the axes of rotation of the conveyor drums remain unchanged when conveying the first-type rod-shaped articles and when conveying the second-kind rod-shaped articles. The relative arrangement of the conveyor drums is thereby maintained.

Des Weiteren ist es für die Durchführung eines schnellen Produktionswechsels an einer Filteransetzmaschine vorteilhaft, dass die Form der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommeln durch Variation des in queraxialer Richtung ausgebildeten Abstandes zwischen wenigstens zwei einander gegenüberliegenden Anlageflächen der Aufnahmemulden für die aufzunehmenden stabförmigen Artikel verändert wird. Insbesondere wird die Form im Querschnitt der Aufnahmemulden variiert, wodurch der Teilungsabstand von benachbarten Aufnahmemulden verändert wird.Furthermore, it is advantageous for carrying out a quick production change on a filter attachment machine that the shape of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed by varying the distance formed in the transverse axial direction between at least two opposing contact surfaces of the receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles to be received. In particular, the cross-sectional shape of the receiving troughs is varied, thereby changing the pitch of adjacent receiving troughs.

Außerdem ist in einer Ausgestaltung des Verfahrens vorgesehen, dass die Position der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommeln durch Verschiebung der Aufnahmemulden in radialer Richtung bezogen auf die Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln verändert wird. Durch die Variation der Position in radialer Richtung ist hierdurch vorgesehen, dass der Teilungsabstand zwischen den Muldenmittelpunkten bzw. Muldengeometrien von zwei benachbarten Aufnahmemulden einer Fördertrommel verändert wird.In addition, one embodiment of the method provides that the position of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drums is changed by shifting the receiving troughs in the radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums. By varying the position in the radial direction, the spacing between the centers of the troughs or trough geometries of two adjacent receiving troughs of a conveyor drum is changed.

Vorzugsweise werden die für die Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel vorgesehenen Fördertrommeln beibehalten.The conveying drums provided for conveying the rod-shaped articles are preferably retained.

Außerdem ist bei einer Anordnung zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren stabförmige Komponenten, mit mehreren, um jeweils eine eigene Rotationsachse rotierenden oder rotierbaren Fördertrommeln zur queraxialen Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie vorgesehen, dass die Fördertrommeln in queraxialer Förderrichtung der stabförmigen Artikel hintereinander angeordnet sind, wobei die Fördertrommeln zur Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln jeweils mit Aufnahmemulden mit einer Muldenkontur ausgebildet sind, wobei weiter vorgesehen ist, dass für einen Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art mit einem vorbestimmten Durchmesser zu stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art mit einem vorbestimmten Durchmesser, wobei der Durchmesser der Artikel der ersten Art und der Durchmesser der Artikel der zweiten Art sich voneinander unterscheiden, der Teilungsabstand der Aufnahmemulden wenigstens einer Fördertrommel in Abhängigkeit der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel veränderbar ist, so dass der Abstand mindestens einer Anlagefläche der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln für die stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und der Abstand derselben Anlagefläche derselben Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel zur Rotationsachse der Fördertrommeln für die Artikel der zweiten Art unterschiedlich sind, wobei bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art in den Aufnahmemulden der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art dem Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der zweiten Art entspricht.In addition, in an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, with a plurality of conveyor drums, each rotating or rotatable about its own axis of rotation, for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles from the tobacco processing industry, it is provided that the conveyor drums in transverse axial conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles are arranged one behind the other, wherein the conveyor drums for receiving rod-shaped articles are each designed with receiving troughs with a trough contour, it being further provided that for changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed from rod-shaped articles of a first type with a predetermined diameter to rod-shaped articles of a second type having a predetermined diameter, the diameter of the articles of the first type and the diameter of the articles of the second type being different from each other, the pitch un gs distance of the receiving troughs of at least one conveyor drum can be changed depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed, so that the distance of at least one contact surface of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum to the axis of rotation of the conveyor drums for the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the distance of the same contact surface of the same receiving troughs of the conveyor drum to the axis of rotation of the Conveyor drums for the article of the second type are different, with recording of rod-shaped articles of the first type in the receiving recesses the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type corresponds to the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type when receiving rod-shaped articles of the second type.

Beispielsweise weisen Aufnahmemulden einer Fördertrommel bei teilkreisförmigen und U-förmigen Mulden eine Muldenmittenlängsachse auf, so dass gemäß der Erfindung der Kreisbogen der Muldenmittenachsen der Aufnahmemulden für die stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und der Kreisbogen der Muldenmittenachsen der Aufnahmemulden für die Artikel der zweiten Art unterschiedlich sind.For example, receiving troughs of a conveyor drum have a trough central longitudinal axis in the case of part-circular and U-shaped troughs, so that, according to the invention, the circular arc of the trough center axes of the receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles of the first type and the circular arc of the trough central axes of the receiving troughs for the articles of the second type are different.

Die erfindungsgemäße Förderanordnung oder Fördereinrichtung zum Fördern der stabförmigen Artikel weist mehrere hintereinander angeordnete Fördertrommeln auf, so dass die queraxial hintereinander in einer oder mehreren Reihen angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel queraxial gefördert werden. Insbesondere ist die Anordnung Teil einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere einer Filteransetzmaschine.The conveyor arrangement or conveyor device according to the invention for conveying the rod-shaped articles has a plurality of conveyor drums arranged one behind the other, so that the rod-shaped articles arranged one behind the other transversely axially in one or more rows are conveyed transversely axially. In particular, the arrangement is part of a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine.

Hierzu ist in einer Weiterbildung der Anordnung vorgesehen, dass die Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel jeweils für die Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln wenigstens eine bewegbare Muldenanlagefläche aufweisen, so dass durch die Bewegung der wenigstens einen Muldenanlagefläche der Teilungsabstand der Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel durch die Variation der Form der Aufnahmemulden und/oder durch die Variation der Position der Aufnahmemulden an der Außenseite der Fördertrommel verändert ist.For this purpose, a development of the arrangement provides that the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum each have at least one movable trough contact surface for receiving rod-shaped articles, so that the movement of the at least one trough contact surface changes the pitch of the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum by varying the shape of the Recording troughs and / or is changed by varying the position of the receiving troughs on the outside of the conveyor drum.

Insbesondere weist die Anordnung eine Fördertrommel zur queraxialen Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln auf, wobei die Fördertrommel einen Trommelkörper aufweist. Der Trommelkörper ist dabei mit Aufnahmemulden für die stabförmigen Artikel in Umfangsrichtung des Trommelkörpers ausgebildet. Wenigstens eine Aufnahmemulde ist dabei unter Verwendung von wenigstens zwei parallel nebeneinander angeordneten Auflagestiften oder Stiften gebildet, wobei die Auflagestifte exzentrisch verschwenkbar am Trommelkörper gelagert oder angeordnet sind. Durch entsprechende Einstellmittel wird gewährleistet, dass die Auflagestifte, insbesondere gleichzeitig exzentrisch verschwenkt werden, um den Teilungsabstand zwischen den durch jeweils zwei Auflagestifte gebildeten Aufnahmemulden zu variieren oder in Abhängigkeit der Durchmesser der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel anzupassen.In particular, the arrangement has a conveyor drum for the transverse axial conveyance of rod-shaped articles, the conveyor drum having a drum body. The drum body is designed with receiving troughs for the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the drum body. At least one receiving trough is formed using at least two support pins or pins arranged parallel next to one another, the support pins being mounted or arranged on the drum body in an eccentrically pivotable manner. Appropriate adjustment means ensure that the support pins are pivoted eccentrically, in particular at the same time, in order to vary the spacing between the receiving troughs formed by two support pins or to adjust it depending on the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed.

Dazu ist bei der Fördertrommel weiterhin vorgesehen, dass jeweils zwei Auflagestifte parallel nebeneinander angeordnet sind, wobei die Auflagestifte voneinander beabstandet sind, um einen stabförmigen Artikel im als Aufnahmemulde ausgebildeten Zwischenraum zwischen den Auflagestiften aufzunehmen. Durch die voneinander queraxial beabstandeten Auflagestifte ist es möglich, im Zwischenraum zwischen den beiden Auflagestiften eine Aufnahmemulde auszubilden, in der die stabförmigen Artikel aufgenommen werden.For this purpose, it is also provided in the conveyor drum that two support pins are arranged parallel next to one another, the support pins being spaced apart in order to receive a rod-shaped article in the space between the support pins designed as a receiving trough. The cross-axially spaced support pins make it possible to form a receiving trough in the space between the two support pins, in which the rod-shaped articles are received.

Durch die exzentrische Verschwenkbarkeit der Auflagestifte werden die Form der Aufnahmemulden und somit auch die Lage der Aufnahmemulden entsprechend verändert.Due to the eccentric pivotability of the support pins, the shape of the receiving troughs and thus also the position of the receiving troughs are changed accordingly.

Außerdem ist es bei der Fördertrommel vorgesehen, dass der oder die im Zwischenraum zwischen zwei Auflagestiften aufgenommenen stabförmigen Artikel mit Unterdruck beaufschlagbar sind.In addition, it is provided in the conveyor drum that the rod-shaped article or articles accommodated in the space between two support pins can be subjected to negative pressure.

Darüber hinaus zeichnet sich eine Weiterbildung der für die (Förder-)Anordnung verwendeten Fördertrommel dadurch aus, dass die Auflagestifte im Querschnitt rund, insbesondere kreisrund, ausgebildet sind. Hierdurch ergibt sich bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln ein näherungsweise linienförmiger Kontakt zwischen den zwei nebeneinander angeordneten Auflagestiften und den stabförmigen Artikeln.In addition, a further development of the conveyor drum used for the (conveyor) arrangement is characterized in that the support pins have a round, in particular circular, cross-section. When rod-shaped articles are picked up, this results in an approximately linear contact between the two support pins arranged next to one another and the rod-shaped articles.

Des Weiteren ist für die Ausgestaltung der Förderanordnung mit mehreren Fördertrommeln eine Fördertrommel vorgesehen, die einen Trommelkörper aufweist, wobei der Trommelkörper mit Aufnahmemulden für die stabförmigen Artikel in Umfangsrichtung des Trommelkörpers ausgebildet ist. Die Aufnahmemulden weisen dabei eine konstante, d.h. nicht veränderbare, Muldenkontur auf. Ferner sind die Aufnahmemulden auf Grundkörpern ausgebildet. Die Grundkörper sind gegenüber dem Trommelkörper der Fördertrommel in radialer Richtung verschiebbar, wobei unter Verwendung von entsprechenden Einstellmitteln der Teilungsabstand zwischen den Aufnahmemulden von zwei benachbarten Aufnahmemulden aufgrund der gleichzeitigen Bewegung der Aufnahmemulden in radialer Richtung verändert wird. Hierbei wird durch eine Hubbewegung der Grundkörper in radialer Richtung der Teilungsabstand entsprechend eingestellt.Furthermore, for the configuration of the conveyor arrangement with a plurality of conveyor drums, a conveyor drum is provided which has a drum body, the drum body being designed with receiving depressions for the rod-shaped articles in the circumferential direction of the drum body. The receiving troughs have a constant, i.e. unchangeable, trough contour. Furthermore, the receiving troughs are formed on base bodies. The base bodies are displaceable in the radial direction relative to the drum body of the conveyor drum, the spacing between the receiving troughs of two adjacent receiving troughs being changed using appropriate adjustment means due to the simultaneous movement of the receiving troughs in the radial direction. In this case, the pitch is adjusted accordingly by a lifting movement of the base body in the radial direction.

Überdies ist bei einer Weiterbildung der Anordnung vorgesehen, dass die Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel in radialer Richtung und/oder wenigstens eine Muldenanlagefläche bewegbar ausgebildet sind.In addition, in a development of the arrangement, it is provided that the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum are designed to be movable in the radial direction and/or at least one trough contact surface.

Insbesondere ist es bei einer Ausgestaltung der Anordnung vorteilhaft, dass wenigstens eine Aufnahmemulde der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel wenigstens einen Stiftkörper oder zwei voneinander beabstandete Stiftkörper aufweist, wobei insbesondere wenigstens ein Stiftkörper oder beide Stiftkörper als Auflagestifte exzentrisch gelagert sind und verdrehbar sind.It is particularly advantageous in one configuration of the arrangement that at least one receiving trough of the at least one conveyor drum has at least one pin body or two spaced-apart pin bodies, in particular at least one pin body or both pin bodies being mounted eccentrically as support pins and being rotatable.

Dazu ist weiter vorgesehen, dass bei zwei in Förderrichtung der stabförmigen Artikel benachbarten Fördertrommeln für die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln im Übergabebereich der stabförmigen Artikel von der einen Fördertrommel auf die nachfolgende Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel, die auf der Artikel abgebenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, und der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel, die auf der Artikel aufnehmenden Fördertrommel gefördert werden, sich berühren.For this purpose, it is further provided that with two conveyor drums that are adjacent in the conveying direction of the rod-shaped articles for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles in the transfer area of the rod-shaped articles from one conveyor drum to the following conveyor drum, the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles that are conveyed on the conveyor drum delivering the articles , and the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles, which are conveyed on the article-accommodating conveyor drum, touch.

Außerdem entspricht bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der ersten Art in den Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel der Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art dem Kreisbogen der Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art bei Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln der zweiten Art in den Aufnahmemulden der wenigstens einen Fördertrommel.In addition, when recording rod-shaped articles of the first type in the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type the circular arc of the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type when receiving rod-shaped articles of the second type in the receiving troughs of the at least one conveyor drum.

Die Aufgabe wird gelöst durch ein Verfahren zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren stabförmige Komponenten, entsprechend Anspruch 1.The object is achieved by a method for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, in accordance with claim 1.

Die Erfindung beruht hierbei auf dem Gedanken, dass eine schnelle Anpassung an den Durchmesser von zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln erreicht wird, wenn eine Fördertrommel mit an einem Trommelkörper angeordneten bewegbaren, insbesondere verschwenkbaren, Ärmchen verwendet wird, wobei die Verschwenkung der Ärmchen durch Verwendung einer als Kurvenscheibe vorgesehenen Schwenkkulisse für die Ärmchen erreicht wird, wobei durch Verdrehen der Schwenkkulisse bzw. durch eine entsprechende Einstellung der Schwenkkulisse in Abhängigkeit der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel die Ärmchen im ersten Übergabebereich so ausgerichtet sind, um eine schonende Übergabe zwischen der ersten und der zweiten Fördertrommel zu erreichen. Anschließend werden die auf den verschwenkbaren Ärmchen angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel entsprechend der Form der elliptischen Schwenkkulisse verschwenkt, wobei im zweiten Übergabebereich zwischen der zweiten Fördertrommel und der dritten Fördertrommel die Ärmchen im Übergabezeitpunkt so verschwenkt sind, dass eine sanfte Übergabe im zweiten Übergabebereich erreicht wird. Durch die Anpassung der Schwenkkulisse führen bei einem kompletten Umlauf der Fördertrommel die Ärmchen bzw. die Aufnahmemulden der Ärmchen eine elliptische und in sich geschlossene Schwenkbewegung auf. Hierbei liegen die Aufnahmemulden der Ärmchen auf einer elliptischen Bewegungsbahn.The invention is based on the idea that rapid adaptation to the diameter of rod-shaped articles to be conveyed is achieved if a conveyor drum with movable, in particular pivotable, arms arranged on a drum body is used, with the pivoting of the arms using a cam disc provided pivot link for the arms is achieved, whereby the arms are aligned in the first transfer area by rotating the pivot link or by a corresponding adjustment of the pivot link depending on the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed in order to achieve a gentle transfer between the first and the second conveyor drum . The rod-shaped articles arranged on the pivotable arms are then pivoted according to the shape of the elliptical pivot link, with the arms being pivoted in the second transfer area between the second conveyor drum and the third conveyor drum at the time of transfer in such a way that gentle transfer is achieved in the second transfer area. By adapting the pivot link, the arms or the receiving recesses of the arms perform an elliptical and self-contained pivoting movement during a complete rotation of the conveyor drum. Here, the receiving troughs of the arms lie on an elliptical path of movement.

Ohne Änderung der elliptischen Form der Schwenkkulisse wird bei einem Formatwechsel, beispielsweise von stabförmigen Artikeln mit einem Durchmesser von 8 mm zu stabförmigen Artikeln mit einem Durchmesser von 5 mm die Schwenkkulisse in ihrer relativen Ausrichtung bzw. Position zu den zu bewegenden Ärmchen eingestellt, so dass die elliptische Bahn der Muldenmittenachsen der Ärmchen um einen vorbestimmten Winkel verstellt ist, wobei die Form der elliptischen Bahn beibehalten wird.Without changing the elliptical shape of the swivel link, the swivel link is adjusted in its relative alignment or position to the arms to be moved when changing the format, for example from rod-shaped articles with a diameter of 8 mm to rod-shaped articles with a diameter of 5 mm, so that the elliptical trajectory of the trough center axes of the arms is shifted by a predetermined angle while maintaining the shape of the elliptical trajectory.

Dazu ist in einer Ausgestaltung des Verfahrens weiterhin vorgesehen, dass die Artikel auf einer ersten Fördertrommel in den Aufnahmemulden mit einem konstanten Teilungsabstand queraxial zum ersten Übergabebereich gefördert werden, so dass die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius auf der ersten Fördertrommel gefördert werden, und/oder dass die stabförmigen Artikel auf der dritten Fördertrommel in den Aufnahmemulden mit einem konstanten Teilungsabstand queraxial weiter gefördert werden, so dass die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius auf der dritten Fördertrommel gefördert werden. Hierdurch ist zwischen der ersten und der dritten Fördertrommel, die beide unbewegliche Aufnahmemulden mit jeweils einem konstanten Muldendurchmesser oder einer konstanten Muldenkontur aufweisen, die zweite Fördertrommel mit den verschwenkbaren Ärmchen angeordnet.For this purpose, one embodiment of the method also provides for the articles to be conveyed on a first conveyor drum in the receiving troughs at a constant pitch transversely axially to the first transfer area, so that the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles extend along a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius of the first conveyor drum, and/or that the rod-shaped articles are conveyed further transversely axially on the third conveyor drum in the receiving troughs with a constant spacing, so that the center longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles follow a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius on the third Conveyor drum are promoted. As a result, the second conveyor drum with the pivotable arms is arranged between the first and the third conveyor drum, both of which have immovable receiving troughs, each with a constant trough diameter or a constant trough contour.

Gemäß einer bevorzugten Ausgestaltung ist außerdem vorgesehen, dass die Aufnahmemulden der zweiten Fördertrommel im ersten Übergabebereich und im zweiten Übergabebereich einen Abschnitt einer ellipsenbogenförmigen Bewegungsbahn ausführen.According to a preferred embodiment, it is also provided that the receiving troughs of the second conveyor drum in the first transfer area and in the second transfer area execute a section of an elliptical path of movement.

Des Weiteren ist es bei einer Weiterbildung des Verfahrens vorgesehen, dass

  • bei Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art auf der ersten Fördertrommel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius gefördert werden und
  • bei Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel auf der dritten Fördertrommel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius gefördert werden,
  • wobei nach einem Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel bei Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art, deren Durchmesser sich vom Durchmesser der Artikel der ersten Art unterscheidet, die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art auf der ersten Fördertrommel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius, der vom Kreisbogenradius bei Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art auf der ersten Fördertrommel verschieden ist, gefördert werden und
  • wobei bei Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art die Mittenlängsachsen der stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art auf der dritten Fördertrommel entlang eines Kreisbogens mit einem vorbestimmten, insbesondere konstanten, Kreisbogenradius, der vom Kreisbogenradius bei Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art auf der dritten Fördertrommel verschieden ist, gefördert werden.
Furthermore, it is provided in a development of the method that
  • when rod-shaped articles of a first type are being conveyed, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the first type are conveyed on the first conveyor drum along a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius and
  • When conveying rod-shaped articles of a first type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles are conveyed on the third conveyor drum along a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius,
  • after a change in the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed, when rod-shaped articles of a second type are being conveyed, the diameter of which differs from the diameter of the articles of the first type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type on the first conveyor drum along an arc of a circle with a predetermined, in particular constant circular arc radius, which is different from the circular arc radius when promoting the rod-shaped articles of the first type on the first conveyor drum, and
  • wherein when rod-shaped articles of a second type are being conveyed, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles of the second type on the third conveyor drum along a circular arc with a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius, which differs from the circular arc radius when rod-shaped articles of the first type are being conveyed on the third conveyor drum , to be promoted.

Vorzugsweise werden die für die Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel vorgesehenen Fördertrommeln beibehalten.The conveying drums provided for conveying the rod-shaped articles are preferably retained.

Überdies wird die Aufgabe gelöst durch eine Anordnung zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten oder deren stabförmige Komponenten, entsprechend Anspruch 6.Furthermore, the object is achieved by an arrangement for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or their rod-shaped components, in accordance with claim 6.

Insbesondere ist es bevorzugt, dass durch die Schwenkkulisse die Aufnahmemulden eine ellipsenförmige, insbesondere eine elliptische, Bewegungsbahn während eines Umlaufs ausführen.In particular, it is preferred that the receiving troughs execute an elliptical, in particular an elliptical, movement path during one revolution due to the pivot link.

Die erfindungsgemäße Förderanordnung umfasst mehrere Fördertrommeln, wobei wenigstens eine Fördertrommel, die zwischen einer ersten und einer dritten Fördertrommel angeordnet ist, verschwenkbare Ärmchen aufweist. Die erfindungsgemäße Förderanordnung ist dabei vorzugsweise Bestandteil einer Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filteransetzmaschine. Durch die in Ihrer Ausrichtung einstellbare Schwenkkulisse wird eine sichere Übergabe zwischen zwei Fördertrommeln erreicht, wenn sich bei einem Produktionswechsel der Durchmesser der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel verändert. Durch die Anpassung der Position der Schwenkkulisse wird ein sicherer Transport zwischen den Übergabepunkten auf einer Fördertrommel erreicht, wobei während der Förderung der stabförmigen Artikel auf der Fördertrommel mit den verschwenkbaren Ärmchen die Aufnahmemulden bzw. die Mittenlängsachsen der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel eine ellipsenförmige Bewegung zwischen den Übergabebereichen ausführen. Hierbei werden unter Verwendung der Schwenkkulisse die Ärmchen mit ihren Aufnahmemulden entlang einer elliptischen Bahn während eines kompletten Umlaufes der Fördertrommel geführt bzw. bewegt.The conveyor arrangement according to the invention comprises a plurality of conveyor drums, with at least one conveyor drum, which is arranged between a first and a third conveyor drum, having small, pivotable arms. The conveyor arrangement according to the invention is preferably part of a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine. Thanks to the pivot link, which can be adjusted in its alignment, a safe transfer between two conveyor drums is achieved if the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed changes during a production change. By adjusting the position of the pivot link, safe transport between the transfer points on a conveyor drum is achieved, with the receiving troughs or the central longitudinal axes of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed making an elliptical movement between the transfer areas while the rod-shaped articles are being conveyed on the conveyor drum with the small pivotable arms To run. Here, using the pivot link, the arms with their receiving troughs are guided or moved along an elliptical path during a complete revolution of the conveyor drum.

Erfindungsgemäß ist die Fördertrommel derart ausgebildet, dass für die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer ersten Art die in den Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel mit ihren Mittenlängsachsen auf einer ersten Ellipsenbogenbahn zwischen einem ersten Übergabebereich zur Aufnahme von stabförmigen Artikeln und einem zweiten Übergabebereich zur Abgabe von stabförmigen Artikeln förderbar sind und nach einem Wechsel für die Förderung von stabförmigen Artikeln einer zweiten Art mit einem Durchmesser, der sich vom Durchmesser der Artikel der ersten Art unterscheidet, die in den Aufnahmemulden der Fördertrommel angeordneten stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art mit ihren Mittenlängsachsen auf einer zweiten Ellipsenbogenbahn zwischen dem ersten Übergabebereich und dem zweiten Übergabebereich förderbar sind, wobei für den Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikeln die Position der mit den Ärmchen zusammenwirkenden Schwenkkulisse an der Fördertrommel verändert wird oder ist. Hierbei wird eine Schwenkkulisse für die zu verschwenkenden Ärmchen der Fördertrommel verwendet, die eine unveränderbare, d.h. konstante, Form aufweist, so dass die Form der elliptischen Bewegungsbahn bei einem kompletten Umlauf der Fördertrommel nicht verändert wird. Vielmehr wird bei einem Wechsel der zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel im Durchmesser die relative Position der Schwenkkulisse zu den Ärmchen bzw. zu deren Schwenkachsen eingestellt oder verändert, so dass durch eine Veränderung der Position der Schwenkkulisse eine andere Ellipsenbogenbahn zwischen den Übergabebereichen an der (zweiten) Fördertrommel für die zu fördernden stabförmigen Artikel der ersten Art und für die stabförmigen Artikel der zweiten Art ausgebildet wird.According to the invention, the conveyor drum is designed in such a way that, for the conveyance of rod-shaped articles of a first type, the rod-shaped articles arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum move with their central longitudinal axes on a first elliptical arc path between a first transfer area for receiving rod-shaped articles and a second transfer area for delivering rod-shaped articles Articles can be conveyed and after a change for the promotion of rod-shaped articles of a second type with a diameter that differs from the diameter of the articles of the first type, the rod-shaped articles of the second type arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveyor drum with their central longitudinal axes on a second elliptical arc path can be conveyed between the first transfer area and the second transfer area, the position of the pivot link on the conveying drum, which interacts with the arms, being changed for changing the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed becomes or is. In this case, a pivot link is used for the arms of the conveyor drum that are to be pivoted, which has an unchangeable, i.e. constant, shape, so that the shape of the elliptical movement path is not changed during a complete revolution of the conveyor drum. Rather, when the diameter of the rod-shaped articles to be conveyed changes, the relative position of the pivot link to the arms or to their pivot axes is adjusted or changed, so that changing the position of the pivot link results in a different elliptical arc path between the transfer areas on the (second) conveyor drum for the rod-shaped articles of the first type to be conveyed and for the rod-shaped articles of the second type.

Ferner wird die Aufgabe gelöst durch eine Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filteransetzmaschine, zur Herstellung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie, insbesondere Filterzigaretten, mit einer voranstehend beschriebenen Anordnung zum Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie. Zur Vermeidung von Wiederholungen wird auf die obigen Ausführungen ausdrücklich verwiesen.The object is also achieved by a machine in the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine, for producing rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes, with an arrangement described above for conveying rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry. To avoid repetition, reference is expressly made to the above statements.

Weitere Merkmale der Erfindung werden aus der Beschreibung erfindungsgemäßer Ausführungsformen zusammen mit den Ansprüchen und den beigefügten Zeichnungen ersichtlich. Erfindungsgemäße Ausführungsformen können einzelne Merkmale oder eine Kombination mehrerer Merkmale erfüllen.Further features of the invention will be apparent from the description of embodiments of the invention taken together with the claims and the accompanying drawings. Embodiments according to the invention can fulfill individual features or a combination of several features.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend ohne Beschränkung des allgemeinen Erfindungsgedankens anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen beschrieben, wobei bezüglich aller im Text nicht näher erläuterten erfindungsgemäßen Einzelheiten ausdrücklich auf die Zeichnungen verwiesen wird. Die Fig. 2a bis Fig. 7b betreffen Ausführungen, die nicht unter den Wortlaut der Ansprüche fallen. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
schematisch eine Filteransetzmaschine zum Herstellen von Filterzigaretten in einer Vorderansicht,
Fig. 2a bis 2c
schematisch jeweils eine Ansicht einer Anordnung von Fördertrommeln einer Filteransetzmaschine,
Fig. 3a
schematisch einen Ausschnitt einer Fördertrommel im Querschnitt,
Fig. 3b
schematisch einen Ausschnitt einer Fördertrommel in einem Längsschnitt,
Fig. 4a, 4b
jeweils schematisch einen Querschnitt durch eine Fördertrommel mit zentrisch gelagerten Auflagestiften für stabförmige Artikel,
Fig. 5a, 5b
schematisch einen Ausschnitt der in Fig. 4a, 4b gezeigten Fördertrommel,
Fig. 6
schematisch eine Ansicht einer Aufnahmemulde mit exzentrisch gelagerten Auflagestiften,
Fig. 7a
schematisch einen Querschnitt durch eine weitere Ausführungsform einer Fördertrommel mit veränderbaren Aufnahmemulden für stabförmige Artikel,
Fig. 7b
einen vergrößerten Ausschnitt der in Fig. 7a dargestellten Fördertrommel,
Fig. 8a, 8b
schematisch jeweils eine Ansicht einer Anordnung von Fördertrommeln einer Filteransetzmaschine mit einer Fördertrommel mit verschwenkbaren Ärmchen.
The invention is described below without restricting the general inventive concept using exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings, with express reference being made to the drawings with regard to all details according to the invention that are not explained in more detail in the text. the Figures 2a to 7b relate to statements that do not fall under the wording of the claims. Show it:
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schematically a filter attachment machine for the production of filter cigarettes in a front view,
Figures 2a to 2c
a schematic view of an arrangement of conveyor drums of a filter attachment machine,
Figure 3a
schematically a section of a conveyor drum in cross section,
Figure 3b
schematically a section of a conveyor drum in a longitudinal section,
Figures 4a, 4b
in each case a schematic cross-section through a conveyor drum with centrally mounted support pins for rod-shaped articles,
Figures 5a, 5b
schematically a section of the in Figures 4a, 4b conveyor drum shown,
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schematic view of a receiving trough with eccentrically mounted support pins,
Figure 7a
schematically a cross section through a further embodiment of a conveyor drum with changeable receiving troughs for rod-shaped articles,
Figure 7b
an enlarged section of the in Figure 7a shown conveyor drum,
Figures 8a, 8b
each schematically shows a view of an arrangement of conveyor drums of a filter attachment machine with a conveyor drum with pivotable arms.

In den folgenden Figuren sind jeweils gleiche oder gleichartige Elemente bzw. entsprechende Teile mit denselben Bezugsziffern versehen, so dass von einer entsprechenden erneuten Vorstellung abgesehen wird.In the following figures, the same or similar elements or corresponding parts are provided with the same reference numerals, so that they are not presented again.

In Fig. 1 ist eine Filteransetzmaschine F in einer Vorderansicht ausschnittsweise dargestellt, wobei die Filteransetzmaschine F über eine Trommelanordnung T zur Zuführung von Tabakstöcken von einer schematisch eingezeichneten Zigarettenstrangmaschine P Tabakstöcke doppelter Gebrauchslänge empfängt.In 1 a filter tipping machine F is shown in a partial front view, the filter tipping machine F receiving tobacco rods of twice the usable length via a drum arrangement T for feeding tobacco rods from a schematically drawn cigarette rod maker P.

Eine Zigarettenstrangmaschine ist unter der Bezeichnung "PRO-TOS" der HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, bekannt. Unter der Bezeichnung "MAX" ist eine Filteransetzmaschine der HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, als Maschine der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie bekannt.A cigarette rod machine is known under the designation "PRO-TOS" from HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg. A filter attachment machine from HAUNI Maschinenbau AG, Hamburg, is known under the designation "MAX" as a machine in the tobacco processing industry.

Die in Figur 1 schematisch gezeigte Filteransetzmaschine F weist verschiedene Funktionseinheiten auf: eine Tabakstockzufuhreinrichtung 211 mit einer Trommelanordnung T, eine Filterzufuhreinrichtung 212 mit einer Trommelanordnung M, eine Belagpapierzufuhreinrichtung 213, eine Zigarettenherstelleinrichtung 214. In the figure 1 The filter tipping machine F shown schematically has various functional units: a tobacco rod feed device 211 with a drum arrangement T, a filter feed device 212 with a drum arrangement M, a tipping paper feed device 213, a cigarette manufacturing device 214.

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  1. Method for conveying rod-like articles (21, 22) in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or rod-like components thereof, wherein the rod-like articles (21, 22) are conveyed, in a direction transverse to the axial direction, in receiving troughs of conveying drums (91, 92, 93) as the conveying drums (91, 92, 93) rotate, wherein the conveying drums (91, 92, 93), which each rotate or can rotate about their own axis of rotation, are arranged one behind the other in the direction in which the rod-like articles (21, 22) are conveyed, which is transverse to the axial direction, wherein the articles (21, 22) on a first conveying drum (91), which are arranged in at least one row one behind the other in a direction transverse to the axial direction, are conveyed in the receiving troughs, in a direction transverse to the axial direction, to a first transfer region between the first conveying drum and a second conveying drum (92) and are transferred to the second conveying drum (92) in the first transfer region, then the rod-like articles on the second conveying drum (92) are conveyed to a second transfer region between the second conveying drum (92) and a third conveying drum (93) and are transferred to the third conveying drum (93) in the second transfer region, wherein then the rod-like articles on the third conveying drum (93) are further conveyed in the receiving troughs in a direction transverse to the axial direction, wherein the rod-like articles (21, 22) are transferred to the receiving troughs of the second conveying drum (92), wherein the receiving troughs of the second conveying drum (92) are formed on pivotable arms (94) of the second conveying drum (92), wherein the arms (94) are pivoted about their respective pivot axes in each case by a pivot motion link as the conveying drums rotate through one revolution, characterised in that, by virtue of the pivot motion link, the receiving troughs execute at least two identical elliptical movement portions during one revolution, wherein the pivot motion link or will be or is adjusted as a function of the diameter of the rod-like articles to be conveyed by the second conveying drum (92), wherein when conveying rod-like articles (21) of a first type, the rod-like articles (21) arranged in the receiving troughs of the second conveying drum (92) are conveyed with their central longitudinal axes on a first elliptical arc path between the first transfer region and the second transfer region and, after a changeover, when conveying rod-like articles (22) of a second type having a diameter that differs from the diameter of the articles (21) of the first type, the rod-like articles (22) of the second type arranged in the receiving troughs of the second conveying drum (92) are conveyed with their central longitudinal axes on a second elliptical arc path between the first transfer region and the second transfer region, wherein, for the changeover of the rod-like articles (21, 22) to be conveyed, the position of the pivot motion link cooperating with the arms (94) will be or is changed.
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the articles on a first conveying drum (91) are conveyed in the receiving troughs with a constant spacing, in a direction transverse to the axial direction, to the first transfer region in such a way that the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles are conveyed on the first conveying drum (91) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius, and/or in that the rod-like articles (21, 22) on the third conveying drum (93) are further conveyed in the receiving troughs with a constant spacing, in a direction transverse to the axial direction, in such a way that the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles (21, 22) are conveyed on the third conveying drum (93) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius.
  3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the receiving troughs of the second conveying drum (92) execute a portion of an elliptical arc-shaped movement path in the first transfer region and in the second transfer region.
  4. Method according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that
    - when conveying rod-like articles (21) of a first type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles (21) of the first type are conveyed on the first conveying drum (91) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius, and
    - when conveying rod-like articles (21) of a first type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles (21) are conveyed on the third conveying drum (93) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius,
    - wherein, after a changeover of the rod-like articles to be conveyed, when conveying rod-like articles (22) of a second type, the diameter of which differs from the diameter of the articles (21) of the first type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles (22) of the second type are conveyed on the first conveying drum (91) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius that is different from the circular arc radius when conveying the rod-like articles (21) of the first type on the first conveying drum (91), and
    - wherein, when conveying rod-like articles (22) of a second type, the central longitudinal axes of the rod-like articles (22) of the second type are conveyed on the third conveying drum (93) along a circular arc having a predetermined, in particular constant, circular arc radius that is different from the circular arc radius when conveying the rod-like articles (21) of the first type on the third conveying drum (93).
  5. Method according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the conveying drums (31, 32, 33, 71, 81) provided for conveying the rod-like articles (21, 22) are retained.
  6. Arrangement for conveying rod-like articles (21, 22) in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes or rod-like components thereof, comprising a plurality of conveying drums (91, 92, 93) which each rotate or can rotate about their own axis of rotation for conveying rod-like articles (21, 22) of the tobacco-processing industry in a direction transverse to the axial direction, wherein the conveying drums (91, 92, 93) are arranged one behind the other in the direction in which the rod-like articles (21, 22) are conveyed, which is transverse to the axial direction, wherein the conveying drums (91, 92, 93) are designed to receive rod-like articles (21, 22) in each case by way of receiving troughs having a trough contour, wherein the receiving troughs of at least one conveying drum (92) are formed on pivotable arms (94) of a conveying drum (92), wherein the arms (94) are pivoted about their respective pivot axes in each case by a pivot motion link as the conveying drum (92) rotates through one revolution, characterised in that, by virtue of the pivot motion link, the receiving troughs execute at least two identical elliptical movement portions during one revolution, wherein the pivot motion link is adjusted as a function of the diameter of the rod-like articles (21, 22) to be conveyed by the conveying drum (92), wherein the conveying drum (92) formed with the pivot motion link is formed between a first conveying drum (91) and a third conveying drum (93) relative to the direction in which the rod-like articles (21, 22) are conveyed, wherein the conveying drum (92) is configured in such a way that, for conveying rod-like articles (21) of a first type, the rod-like articles arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveying drum (92) can be conveyed with their central longitudinal axes on a first elliptical arc path between a first transfer region for receiving rod-like articles (21, 22) and the second transfer region for discharging rod-like articles (21, 22), and, after a changeover, for conveying rod-like articles (21, 22) of a second type having a diameter that differs from the diameter of the articles (21) of the first type, the rod-like articles (22) of the second type arranged in the receiving troughs of the conveying drum (92) can be conveyed with their central longitudinal axes on a second elliptical arc path between the first transfer region and the second transfer region, wherein, for the changeover of the rod-like articles to be conveyed, the position of the pivot motion link cooperating with the arms (94) will be or is changed.
  7. Machine for the tobacco-processing industry, in particular a filter-attaching machine (F), for producing rod-like articles in the tobacco-processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes, having an arrangement according to claim 6.
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